Shameal Samuels put together the most successful month in the
history of the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track and field
program. She started the month with the victory in the 400m at the
prestigious Valentine Invitational which attracts powerhouse track
and field programs including Florida State, Georgetown, Boston
College and UConn. Samuels became the first Bobcat in program
history to take down an individual championship at the Valentine
Invitational, besting a loaded field of 152 competitors. Her
success continued at the MAAC Championships where she swept all
three sprint events (60m, 200m, 400m) to earn the 2015 MAAC Most
Outstanding Women’s Track Performer. She earned the highest
individual honor at the MAAC Championships, becoming the first
Bobcat to take home Most Outstanding Track Performer honors.
Samuels stole the show with a QU record 7.653 seconds in the 60m
dash, besting second place by .005 seconds. She won the 200m title
with a time of 24.30 seconds, matching the MAAC record while
besting second place by an incredible 1.65 seconds.

Finally, Samuels cruised to her second straight 400m MAAC
Championship with a time of 54.82 seconds. Her outstanding
individual results also helped catapult Quinnipiac into a 3rd place
finish at the MAAC Championships which ties a program record while
the 104 team points sets a new program-best at the conference
championship meet. Perhaps the crowning achievement came at the end
of the month where Samuels torched the track, breaking a
27-year-old meet record to claim her second straight New England
400m Championship. Her time of 57.72 seconds at the New England
Championships breaks the meet record previously held by Boston
University’s Mirian Knijin (53.81 seconds) from the 1988 New
England Championships.

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